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The Canada Plastics Pact (CPP), Ottawa, Ontario, has announced that 12 new partners have joined the pact. Additions include leading consumer goods organizations, industry associations, governments, converters and recycling stewardship organizations from across Canada.
The new partners of the CPP include Bioform, Canadian Bottled Water Association, city of Montreal Metropolitan Community, Dairy Processors Association of Canada, Divert NS, Éco Entreprises Québec, GS1 Canada, Kimberly-Clark, Polytainers Inc., Recycling Council of British Columbia, TerraCycle and Wentworth Technologies.
According to a news release from the CPP, the pact now has more than 65 partners. The partners provide a variety of perspectives to address challenges to meet 2025 targets to create a circular economy for plastics packaging in Canada.
Since the CPP launched earlier this year, partners have started work on several key initiatives to meet the 2025 targets. In July, the CPP had announced it would lead the implementation of the Consumer Goods Forum’s Golden Design Rules for Plastic Packaging Design, which provides a framework resulting in fewer plastics overall being recycled in Canada. In addition, the CPP is working to develop a road map to achieve the 2025 targets along with a long-term vision for a circular economy for plastics in Canada. CPP says it expects to release this plan in the fall.
“That the Canada Plastics Pact has nearly doubled the number of partners in just six months demonstrates unprecedented collaboration between businesses, governments and [nongovernmental organizations] across the plastics value chain,” says George Roter, managing director of CPP. “The partners joining today bring added regional diversity, new perspectives, ideas and industries, which will be key to acting on the ambitious agenda set out by the CPP.”